Antec DF-85 Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window

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This case is extremely stunning. I really like that it has red lights simply because I'm sick of seeing blue. The front drive covers support to give it a finished appear. Also, the fans are extremely effective, and even fairly quiet. The very best function of this case (and the cause why I bought this to replace my Antec 1200) is the easy open fans on the front. This will make it a lot easier to retain the filters clean. The front covers for the drive bays are not the most friendly issues in the globe. I favor the screw on ones that my Antec 1200 had. These ones pop out with little clips and about half of them broke when I took them out. Also, the metal plates behind them take a whilst to bend out. Lastly, the best drive bay didn't have sufficient clearance for my optical drives. Maybe mine are just extended, but they ran into the major fan. This wasn't a challenge for me since I only have two and just place them in the bottom two bays. Surprisingly, the 200mm fan on the Antec 1200 didn't give me this problem. I imagine you could constantly take out the fan if you necessary to. Other than the issues with drive bays, this is a good situation. I loved the Antec 1200, but getting to eliminate 28 thumbscrews to clean the fan filters was ridiculous. I ended up just obtaining three on each and every side which lowered it to ten thumbscrews (including the ones to take the sides off). This case is also more polished searching than the 1200.

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SILENT the disk drive makes much more noise then all the fans running full blast. Good case cable management worked excellent DUST FILTERS woooo =D. keeps a evgax58 for the win with a 980x cool. lots of room. goot brightness on leds( not like some circumstances where it blinds you at evening). cpu hole was about 2Ǜ " to smaller for the evga x58 for the win to spot a bracket on the back had to tkae the mobo back out to put the backplate on for the corsair h50not a major issue just created me rage a tiny bit the five.5 drive covers can be annoying getting to open the cover then open the drive. small bit deeper space behind the mobo tray 24Ʋ power tends to make causes the situation to have a lump =P this situation had welll rounded edges no cuts wooo and the ssd hotswap at the leading was good also incase yall didnt see you can also bult a ssd to the bot of the case subsequent to the psu dont know why you can but if you need a 13th drive then there is your spot =P

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Excellent sizeGreat huntingHot swap connections If I hadn't been in the room who knows what would have happened? I assemble the factor, plug it all up, and do a test. Every thing boots generally so I shut it down and tighten down all my cable management. 100% on the initial try! No loose connectors!Then I finish assembly and place it on the desk prepared to go. A couple minutes after booting I notice the smell of burning plastic and while I'm attempting to figure out the deal I see smoke pouring out of the USB3. port - a port not even hooked up. After some additional testing I uncover that it is apparently the energy for the SATA two.five" up top. My front bezel is warped, I can't plug in the 2.5" drive up top rated (which was element of my cause for getting this situation), and oh yes, it turns out that my key data HDD, which was on the same circuit as the top bay, no longer spins up. So, due to poor excellent handle (thank you whomever was operating October 22nd, 2010) I am out a couple hours of function, 1TB of information, and my workplace smells like burned plastic.

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Comes with a lot of fansLooks greatRed lights are not as well vibrant and in fact appear redLarge, had no dilemma fitting all my stuffCPX power provide fits great Additional five.25" drive bays would have been greatTight cable managment The little doors on the drive bays don't bother me significantly but I hear they can be annoying to some.

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Enjoy it, additional room than Ikea Parking lot. I have two video cards four tricky drives SSD, Raptor, and 1 TB storage. LED's are Red. Wish they had been Blue.

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Cool industrial design. A lot of space for all my stuff. Fan LED's look great. Good air flow Cable management is excellent cuz its so stinkin big! I really couldnt ask for anything a lot more. Um, the UPS guy wasn't Eva Mendez.. I've heard some people today say that there wasn't alot of space for cables on the backside of the mb tray. That's completly false. Unless you are operating a enormous sli setup and have 10 hdd's....it's just fine. Some reviewers drive me nuts on right here cuz they dont know how to set up hardware and run cables. Ive decided that situations are 75% looks and 25% cooling. Its truly a matter of taste. Some ppl like this style, other people feel the airflow is fantastic but its fugly. Unique strokes for various folks..

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7 fans. the three front ones the suck in air have filter i clean them once a month. the other individuals are exahust fans and they dont need to have them. my computer is dust no cost inside. i got a AMD 6 core cpu running at 25c to 30c all the time no matter what im carrying out. no graphics card but the may well heat it up a little more who knows. the side panel has an extra fan spot i taped some paper over it simply because it was sucking air in via it. the plastic is plenty tuff adequate. the plastic peaces come of effortlessly if you are like me and don't want to move it ever-time to put a cd in. its a total tower. my buddy want this tower if i ever get yet another so he can make a server out of it scene its got so many hd slots. my prime rear fan did not perform at 1st it was scraping the fan case at 1st a small loosening and tightening screws that held it in and pushing on the side guard it was rubbing on with my fingers fixed it. not some thing i discovered as a massive deal. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341041 this energy provide is what i applied. ran just fine with a lot of space to hide the cords in the back panel. looks nnice and clean in the blacked out situation. the power provide also has red LEDs to match the case.

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Lots of case room and back room to put cables out of view. Significantly Neater! Features four USB Front Panel Bus with a tail connector that feeds via a function slot out the back to convert one of the only 2 USB three Ports to a three way bus. Theres a SSD Reader (slot on best front to plug in 2.five " SATA Challenging Drives). Fans are Fierce but noiseless. Works Great for most power supplies Note: See www.Antec.com Website for info on CP-850 PS compatibility. Tower supports both conventional and CP-850 oversize power supplies. I give it 5 eggs..... I favor side mount drive bays with effortless rails like the nicer Thermaltakes often come with. Not readily available in aluminum. Lighter is good Don't like to compare features with other brands although. This situation is otherwise superior to most on the industry.

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large and roomy.excellent wire management selections and water cooling choicesfans are extremely quietno will need for a separate fan controller only three external drive baysno side fan, no big dealrubber feet on the bottom make it tricky to move performs with antec CPX PSUsi personally like the style more than the HAF X or 1200

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Lots of space, red LED's not overpowering, fans are pretty quiet, decent air flow, keeps tough drives nice and cool, front fans with filters, simple to add/remove drives from front, bottom mount power supply, plenty of space behind motherboard to hide wires, tool-much less tough drive removal. No handle to move about very easily, and with all my goodies inside, its a bit heavy. Not enough to dock an egg although becoming its a complete size situation, not a laptop. Had no difficulties receiving it setup, arrived safely by way of UPS. Went ahead and just ordered yet another 120mm fan for the side vent, the much more the merrier. :) Would recommend.Current Setup:- ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard-> AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb three.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor-> G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB ƒ x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL-> SAPPHIRE 100279-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2. x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card-> Rosewill RP550V2-D-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Prepared CrossFire Ready Power Provide-> SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.five" Internal Tricky Drive -Bare Drive (along with 4 other tough drives)

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Accomplished a couple of builds w/ this situation now; more than the final 6 months performed HAF-X, HAF-932 and HAF-922 builds also and only the first can compete a bit w/ the DF-85 from a build standpoint. Cooling and cable routing are wonderful. Fleet Swap drive bays are soooo convenient. Getting rid of air filters takes 8 seconds instead of the 8 minutes on 1200.Fits CPX form aspect PSU's like CP-850 which is an wonderful for each price and performance ..... 贄 less expensive than next finest combo. The "doors" on the five.25" bays need to be removable.Won't fit Antec Kuhler 620 (or Corsair H50/H70) if ya use a tri-SLI MoBo as radiator hits best GFX card. Optional side panel fan inlet has no filter. Best 5.25 bay can only be utilised for Card Readers and other 'short" devices.... back of BR Player for example will hit best fan. Technique Desription:Antec DF-85 w/ Antec CP-850 PSUAsus WS Revolution (x16 x16 efficiency in SLI)i7-2600kThermalright Silver Arror Ɠ fans)Shin Etsu TIMOXZ Vertex 3 SATA III 120 GB SSDSeagate Barracuda XT 2 GB SATA III HD ࿠MB cacheƜ X Asus GTX 560 Ti 鿄 MHz Factory OC)Plextor 320 SA BR Player / DVD WriterLogitech G500 Mouse / G510 KB

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Very good computer case ! i've had 4 cases before and this one is just awesome ! I had some problem with the cooling and now my problem is solved. I can fit everything I want, even my huge video card. There are aslo multiple slot for HDD and the hard drive slot for flash is very usefull. The front USB 3.0 cable is also very useful for all devices. I was scared about the fan noise, but I don't even hear them. Front 3 fans are also very easy to clean up and the fan speed option is pretty nice.Although, the fleet release is made with cheap plastic. it's a good idea, but I feel like it want to break every time I open the doors... But beside that, it's a very good computer case, i highly recommend it !

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Tons of space, excellent cooling and maintenence setup. The cord management process is very valuable in keeping all of the loose wires out of sight and keeping great air flow by means of the case. Appear remarkable at night, really quiet None Ideal for tri-sli boards and heavy overclocking.

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Amazing Case! Every little thing fit inside with no concerns and lots of clearance, inside of my rig looks excellent simply because of the wonderful cable management. Got to use Antec's CPX Power provide's which are nice. Red LED's are extremely unique and is a welcomed alter over Blue. 7 Fan's maintain almost everything nice and chilly inside my case, with a controller switch or knob for every single case fan. On high they are loud but have ALOT of airflow, on low then are very and nonetheless have alot of airflow. Fit my GIANT Prolimatech Megahalems in like it a stock cooler... CPU cut out on motherboard tray was perfectly aligned for my Asus MB but the install SOOO effortless. I truly dont have any issues with this case. Its best for my requires, and unless your just ultrapicky, im sure will be excellent for your requires too. Bottom fan controller knob isnt smooth like the other two but im Truly reaching to find a concern right here. Didnt test Fleet-swap(Hot-Swap drive bays) since i really have no use for them. Fascinating idea although, i hope to use them one day with a couple 2TB drives in raid-five for some enormous Media storage. Wish it had some form of GPU help mechanism to support pull the weight off the MB, but not genuinely a major deal. Dont even read the critiques of folks who dont truly personal this case, they are just repeating a buncha stuff they discovered on the net. If you get this case, you wont be sorry its just totally incredible. Airflow is amazing, Cable Management is good. Quickly removable fan filters that you dont even have to turn the machine off to pull out. My 5770 looks tiny in this case, its a modest card comparatively speaking to a 5870 confident, but its not that modest, would hold any high-finish card without having issue.*System Spec – if Any individual cares*Antec DF-85 – Great case BTWIntel i7 930 @ 4.0Ghz, 1.25v, 73oC Max - Prime95Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B + 2x CM R4 2000RPM 90CFM 120mm fansASUS P6X58D-E - Wonderful Mobo BTW6GB DDR3 1600 @ 1820 9-9-9-24-1TATI HD Radeon 5770 @ 960core - 1300mem2x Samsung F4 320GB in Raid Samsung F3 500GB

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Fantastic Case. Plenty of space. I appreciate a massive case. A lot of air flow. Uncomplicated to assemble. I adore the 4 plug-in challenging disk SATA slots. Tends to make it simple to change out HDs.Ideal case I have every single purchased. Good cable management.Quiet- if almost everything is off in the room I can hear the fans but if something else is on in the space nothing heard.I will mostlikey use this this case for my next build. Enjoy it and it looks wonderful to boot! Can't assume of any. Hope to catch this on sale for the subsequent build.

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This is a fantastic case if you're looking to get a lot of high notch components that are gonna release loads of heat. The amount of fans is awesome and genuinely keeps things cool in there. It is a really roomy case which is excellent as nicely. The built-in SSD slots inside and out are quite hassle-free. Rather of shopping for a bracket or anything else to hold it, your case are has built in SSD support. Becoming able to pull out the fans and peer inside is fairly cool tiny function in itself. four USB slots in the front I always use, so they are incredibly critical to me at least. Overall, just an incredible case. Not seriously any that I cant consider of. Not actually a con, so I thought I'd add it right here. Be cautious with the plastic wrench points that rotate out to open your cd slot slot, and so on. They break extremely quickly lol. So watch and be confident not to have it extended and have heavy pressure or it will snap.

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- Very solid construction. High quality antec product. Looks much far better in individual than in photographs!- Very cool case. Mobo runs at sub 25c.- Mobo cutout at back is Large. When I install my Armageddon heat sink this week I won't even have to disassemble the rig.- Cable management is okay. Lots of locations to hide wires. Comes with a lot of zip ties. - Hot swap ssd slot is quite great.- Easy. Straightforward. Effortless Air filter cleaning. Just pop the front off and it swings out. No disassembly. - Side fan on the side of the case is kinda affordable searching.- Put an h70 fan where one particular of the back exhaust fan was. Huge mistake.. attempting to place it on when I got rid of the h70 was a pain and those screws strip Simple. Wonderful case all in all for the price tag. 150? Only 50 dollars additional than the 902 V3 and the air filter cleaning is very easily worth the additional money.

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Bought it with CP-1000 power supply bundle, works great so far, afraid of if water drops into the case.

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Good looking case and great deal with included fans, completely pleased with it. My PSU cable not long enough to hide.

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Fans galore. No require to buy other fans.Major, losts of space for what you need and even fit the V6 cooler (barely although).Red, red, red. Distinct than the regular blue. Not alot of space on the back side for wire management. Had to use some pressure to get that panel closed.All the fans in the word, yes the clear side has open fan grill with no way to close it.Not seriously tool much less for drives. Wouldn't trust the tabs to even hold a SSD.Red, red, red. May possibly not match your other elements

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Antec out did themselves with this case it design is lovely. One particular of my largest pet pevs with personal computer cases is how tough it is to clean and how small they constantly appear. My boyfriend is an extreme gamer so this case has it all and more. Especially really like the filters for the fans!!! Nothing actually large I just don't distinct like the front of it exactly where the cd/dvd drive goes you have to "unclip it" and the lock back in. But that is just a individual preference. I would definitely recommend this case to anyone looking for a truly nice extreme gaming case.

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Good case, good airflow, all fan controled..

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*Overall concept of hinged front fans + intake fans with filters.*Internal Area for shiny stuff*The overall appear (armored design + crimson LEDs) -Overall excellent of this item, from the plastic employed, to the hinges, to the top fans are of inferior top quality. -Thought to be a "Step Down" from the 1200 by professional laptop builders (I go to college with 7 other pc builders who do this as a full time job)-Once more, Antec replaced the enormous top fan from the 1200 with two 140mm's that don't perform adequately with the design. The big fan 鴰mm?) was far much better. Nearly every thing from the front panels to the components applied in this case had been created with inferior supplies.-If you're searching to get this as a gift, or a 1st time build, Keep away from this case at ALL fees. Get this Antec 1200 if you want one thing of a Substantially higher top quality. Got this case for Christmas for a second develop I'm performing from the family. Regrettably, like so many other unfavorable reviewers, my household did NOT read the reviews about this case.I'm just shocked that the manufacturer hasn't once commented on this very Well recognized problem with this case.I ended up selling it to a friend for ๠, and bought an additional Antec 1200 that i'm switching to LED's out to be red (amazing how it even looks greater than this case does in red).

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Will post an additional review when it gets right here, this case doesn't deserve so numerous negative reviews from individuals who don't personal one, so I shall try to bring balance to the rating. Ive been searching extensively for the case with the most air flow at a decent price, and I landed on this a single. Nicely I have no time, I will write a second critique when I receive and assemble this next week. no E-atx no Xl- atx, no large card quad sli help, if you seriously require 4 video cards. I wrote much more but I was undertaking a stability test with my oced cpu, just needed to raise the voltage a smidge, but I don't have the time to rewrite what I had wrote. back to function I go....

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Cable management outstandingFairly QuietLeds Look goodRemovable fan filters Each fan door opens individually and seem a bit flimsy as they are just plastic. Im not actually a huge fan of the cd dive covers as they are plastic too and i have to open them just to put in a disk or adjust the fan controller. Not sufficient to take an egg. This was my very first solo develop and this case seriously produced it a breeze. Lots of area to do stuff in seriously any order you want to. I installed an Asus crosshair iv and a XFX BE 6870 and the case nevertheless seems kind of empty! behind the other door there is a lot of area to shop your mess of wires and cables to keep the viewing area clean. I didnt feel that tangled mess would fit back there but it did with ease. Its truly a nice case and would reccomend it to a beginner or a pro!